PSY 105 Study Guide - Sampling Bias, Falsifiability, Scatter Plot
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A good theory must be proven false: it must be falsifiable. Choose participants for the study: population: the entire group of interest to researchers, sample: a portion of any population, random selection: randomly choosing a sample from a population, sampling bias: choosing a sample that doesn"t represent your population. Basic types of research: descriptive relationship between the variables. : method used to observe and describe behaviour and determine the: case study method - study of 1 or 2 people. Pro: useful for if only looking for a rare type of behaviour. Con: cannot generalize results to all people: naturalistic observation - people watching. Pro: study can be unethical or people might lie. Con: cannot determine cause and effect: surveys - asking people directly about their behaviour. Con: people lie, cannot determine cause and effect: experimental. : demonstrate a cause and effect relationship between variables: con: might not be able to relate it to real world situation.